Online "Free" Domain Appraisals

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This may have been broached before, but, are these appraisals anywhere near close to a market value.

For example I just put through my nw domain developed.org and it came up with 81496.8 US Dollars . Now I didn't enter in all perfect scores etc, just what "I" considered true as below:

Domain Name: developed . org
Number of Characters: Five To Nine
Hyphens in Name: Zero
Abbreviations in Domain: No
Accuracy of spelling: Perfect
Number of words in Domain: One Word
Demand/Prosperity of target buyers: Good
Is the Domain Generic: Yes Very
Is the Domain memorable: Memorable
Commonality of component words: Very Common
Numerals in Domain: None

Is it just a matter of over inflating a price in order to get the visitor to come back and lok at the rest of the site or what?

Cheers
Mike
Australia

 

[RON2]

Automated domain evaluations can be used for fun, but not much else. There's no substitution for an expert opinion or an actual buyer with offer in hand. I have a Windows program that automates domain appraisals, but I don't take the numbers all that seriously. Here's a sample appraisal from the program, for your domain. In this case it seems a little closer to actual value than $88k Enjoy!


Certified Appraisal Number 2382

Appraisal of domain name: developed.org
Performed by master appraiser RJ
Industry focus of name: tech


Category [Rating (1-5)] Explanation

Descriptiveness [2.5] Ability to be associated with content.

Length, characters [4] Length in terms of characters

Length, words [5] Length in terms of words or partial words in the name.

Spoken Test [4.8] Likelihood that name will be spelled properly after being heard.

Breadth of Applicability [2.5] Is the name generic - e.g. can it be applied to a variety of institutions, individuals and businesses?

Dot-Value [.org] What is the extension: .com, .net, .org, .cc?
Hyphenation [5] Does the name contain hyphens?

Abbreviation [5] Is anything abbreviated, such as eName.com?

Appraised value: $7760

 

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appreciate the reply :razz:

is the one your using close to a value.

off course i am not expecting to become rich o'nite, but considering the *.org would you consider your value above even close ?

Thanks
Mike

 

[RON2]

Dot .orgs are a little more difficult to appraise. My appraisal would be in the $1000-1500 range if you found an interested buyer.

I've seen some great dot org's sell for super cheap lately. I myself purchased daughter.org, downhill.org, captive.org for under $20 each on this forum.